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Lesson 1 of 84 · Global Connections

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What Makes Us a Global Community?

🌍Mission Brief #1

Globalization connects people, economies, and cultures across borders.

🎯 Your mission

Think like a global citizen.

⚡ The twist

Big problems need both big solutions and small ones.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The internet was first turned on in 1969 with just 4 computers.

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Then & Now

🌐 This is on the news right now somewhere on Earth.

Globalization connects people, economies, and cultures across borders. Trade, travel, communication, and technology link communities worldwide, making events in one region affect the rest of the planet.

Key Facts

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The United Nations has 193 member nations.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948.

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Over 100 million people are displaced worldwide.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the main purpose of the United Nations?

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Why this still matters

Pick any product in your home. Trace where it came from. Be amazed.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Read one news headline and ask: who is helped, who is hurt?

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For the dinner table

What's one problem you wish the whole world would work together on?

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